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Hotel Chautauqua 

De Funiak Springs^ Fla, 
The In-wood Hotel Company. 



Loren R. Johnston^ Manager^ 
Lake Mohonk» N. Y. 



Season Opensjanuary jst. 
Closes April ist, 1899. 



DE FUNIAK LAKE. 

IN THE ADIRONDACKS OF WESTERN FLORIDA. 

(ty? Magic Spring one mile in circiimfnence. roiinJ i?? flie 
moon and clear as the skj. > 

A LOTUS-LAND where Time forgets its date, 

A dreaming-place beneath the swaying trees: 
A lake so pure it seems the wedded mate 

Of yon fair sky, before the rustling breeze 
To rippling laughter wakes its gentle breast, 

Showing it, too, is human: Oh, what joy 
To roam in sunlight here, kind Nature's guest, 

Wooing her smile ! or, bliss without alloy, 
To watch the moonlight kiss the lapsing wave 

With one we love, and speak with answering eyes 
The language Paradise ne'er lost, but gave 

Lest man should be an outcast from the skies. 
No spot so sweet ; no water half so blue : 
God's crowning circle wrought with compass true. 



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< De Fantdk Springs ► 

SITUATION 



E FUNIAK SPRINGS, the charm- 
ing Health Resort of "Western Floridat 
and the seat of the famous Florida 
Chautauqua, is situated on the PEN- 
SACOLA & ATLANTIC Divi- 
sion of the Louisville & Nashville 
Railroad, midway between Jacksonville and 
New Orleans, one hundred and thirty miles 
southwest of Thomasville. 

Through these triple gateways from the 
east. Savannah, Jacksonville and Thomas ville,^ 
come seekers after health and pleasure to find 
A NEW FLORIDA, with Ponce de Leon- 
like Springs, pure sunshine and bracing air. 




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ALPINE PARK. 




< (Approaches ► 

From,... 
Nem) York, Chicago and Cincinnati. 

HE PENNSYLVANIA Railroad 
furnishes a cheap round trip ticket 
from New York via Washington^ 
Richmond^ Charleston, Savannah 
and Thomasville. 

Round trip tickets from the west 
and northwest are issued over the pleasant line 
of the LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE Rail- 
road from Cincinnati. 

Visitors via steamer to Savannah or Jack- 
sonville will find a pleasant route to De Funiak 
by either of these points, also via Atlanta, 
Montgomery and New Orleans. 

Morning trains which leave Jacksonville 
about 10 o^clock, passing through Lake City, 
Live Oak (crossing the famous Suwanee River 
near this point), Tallahassee and River Junc- 
tion, one of the most picturesque routes in the 
south, arrive at De Funiak Springs 8 p.m. 



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E FUNIAK SPRINGS is the same 
distance "west of Jacksonville that 
/^ Tampa is to the south, and quicker 
^^ by railroad route ; half way between 
Jacksonville and New Orleans, and 
also midway betw^een Tallahassee 
and Pensacola; on the summit of the Blue 
Ridge, which crosses the western part of the 
state, with its highest altitude at De Funiak. 

Travelers en route to and from Jacksonville 
or New Orleans find De Funiak Springs a 
pleasant resting spot in an atmosphere suggest- 
ing a newer and brighter Florida. It is, in 
brief, ^^California,^^ with its balmy atmosphere 
lying at our very doors. 





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^ Hotel Chautauqua ► 

cAn Ideal Winter Resort, 



HE HOTEL CHAUTAUQUA 
overlooks the lake^ a beautiful sheet 
of water, and its grounds front im- 
mediately upon a natural park, be- 
yond which and adjacent thereto, is 
The Alpine Park, Its wide veran- 
das, cheerful apartments, and airy dining 
room make it a favorite resort, and the aim of 
the new management will be to furnish first- 
class entertainment in every particular at rea- 
sonable and popular prices. 

The manager has for several years been 
connected w^ith one of the largest and most suc- 
cessful resort hotels in the north. 

For Terms, Circulars, &c., 

Address LOREN R. JOHNSTON. 

Until December 25, 

Mohonk Lake, N. Y. 

After January i, Hotel Chautauqua, 

De Funiak Springs, Florida. 




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^ The Lake ► 

cA Little Venice, 




ERE is a round lake one mile in cir- 
cumference^ and about it a landscape 
gardener has laid out streets in con- 
centric circles^ while from the shore 
of the Lake avenues radiate like 
spokes of a wheel. Around the cir- 
cular street are several hotels fronting the lake 
LIKE A LITTLE VENICE. Here too is a 
Fairy Park with miniati<re lakes^ tumbling 
cascades^ waterfalls and fountains. The pine 
trees that stand on the border of the lake are 
giants of the forest and remain like sentinels 
guarding its beauty. Live oaks and water 
oaks are on every hand. The holly bush holds 
up its scarlet berries and nods invitingly to the 
passer-by. — Brooklyn Eagle, 




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The forests are not all felled. 

Nor the flowers all swept from the sod, 
And the words are not all spelled 

That declare the glory of God. 

LPINE PARK contains three little 
lakelets fed by overflow^ing springs of 
pure clear water. At the outlet of 
each lake there is a silver sheet water- 
fall. In one of the lakes there is a 
fountain, and in another an island 
with a summer house on it, fitted up with seats 
w^here the w^eary visitor can take a rest, and 
perhaps be soothed to sleep by the gentle breezes 
from the Gulf, dream that he is in fairy land, 
and w^ake to find it is not all a dream. A rustic 
bridge connects the island with the mainland. 
And here shady walks among the bay, tulip and 
other flow^ery trees that, when in bloom, make 
the air fragrant w^ith sw^eet perfume. One of 
the great attractions in the park is Alpine Spring, 
which is walled up with stone from South 
America. From Alpine Spring ever flow^s a 
stream of as pure, soft water as can be found in 
Waukesha. 



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< Florida. Chautauqua. ► 

t5th Annual Session, 

February I5th to March 28th, i899, 

N interesting feature of De Funiak 
Springs is the Florida Chautauqua, 
one of the many assemblies which 
have sprung from the movement for 
popular education started at Chau- 
tauqua Laket New York, twenty 
years ago. On Saturdays people are brought 
from eighty to one hundred miles in each 
direction for 50 cents for the round trip, and 
naturally the excursions are extremely popular. 
On some of these days crowded trains bring 
fully 3,000 people to De Funiak. 

The Saturday programmes are especially 
interesting and attractive, and the big audi- 
torium on the lakeside is often crowded to its 
utmost capacity. A programme giving the 
long list of noted entertainers and speakers may 
be had by addressing 

WALLACE BRUCE, Prest, 











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^ell Knoivn Visitors, 

Bishop J. H. Vincent, Chancellor of Chautauqua University 

Bishop McCabe. 

Baron Von Baumbach, Milwaukee. 

Hon. Wm. W. Smith, Poughkeepsie, N. Y 

Rev. Dr. Hiram W. Thomas. People's Church, Chicago. 

Rev. Geo. R. Alden, Cambridge. 

Will Carleton, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Joaquin Miller, San Francisco. 

Rev. Dr. J. W. Hamilton, Cincinnati, O. 

Hon. Lewis Miller, President, Chautauqua, N Y 

Rev. Dr. A. A Willets. 

Mrs. Iudge A. G. Trunkey, Franklin. Pa. 

Mrs. Edward D. Holton, Milwaukee, Wis. 

Mrs. J. W. Keyser, Milton, Fla. 

George H. .Sidwell, Chicago. 

Rev. Dr W. F. Brown, Canonsburg, Pa. 

Rev. Dr.Judson, New York. 

The Misses McClymonds, Cleveland. 

Mrs. W. D. Chipley, Pensacola, Fla. 

Rev. Elijah P. Brown, Indianapolis. 

Rev. Sam Jones, Georgia. 

Mrs, French Sheldon, London, England. 

CoL. T. T. Wright, Nashville, Tenn. 

Rev. Dr. S. G. Smith, St. Paul. 

Prof. Robert L. Cumnock, Evanston^ III. 

Marcus P. Hatfield, M. D., Chicago. 

C. E. DicKERMAN, St. Paul. 

Prof. J. H. Woodburn, Bloomington University. 

Dr. Jesse Bowman Young, St. Louis. 

Rev. Dr. A.W. Lamar, College Park, Ga. 

Prop. Chas. Lane, Atlanta, Ga. 




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